My parents got divorced when I was 10 years old. This was the biggest, scariest, and most hurtful change I have ever experienced in my life. I felt so much pain and It was something I didn’t want to go through. This change happened on Father’s day of 2012. It was any normal father’s day that I would spend with my family. We went to a nice restaurant for brunch but for some reason, I was getting a weird feeling between my parents. They were barely talking to each other, not sitting by each other, and they both seemed upset in a way. I didn’t think too much about it. We got home from brunch and I just sat in my room until dinner. I heard my parents both arguing in the room next to mine, and I walked in to stop them from arguing. …show more content…
No one will ever understand the pain that went through my chest, and how fast my heart was beating. Me, my brother and sister all shouted at the same time,
“WHAT?!”
I was still the only one crying. I didn’t understand, I was confused and upset, and my siblings and parents started arguing. My sister eventually left, and my brother followed. I was alone with my parents, without the support of my brother and sister which made me even more upset. Before my parents could say anything I ran to my room, slammed the door and hid my face in my pillow. My mom came in right after.
“I don’t want to see you!” I yelled at her.
She walked in anyways. She sat right next to me apologizing that she had to do this. She felt awful at the same time, and was crying with me as well, but she tried to explain that this is something that was between her and my dad. They were just two people who couldn’t stay married, but I still didn’t understand that since they had been together so long. In the middle of our conversation the home phone rang and I answered it. It’s my sister.
“Maggie, do you want to come see a movie with me and